If you have been waiting for the iPhone implementation of the most successful PC game in history, then you will have to wait a bit longer — unless you live in Australia or have somehow syphoned off an Aussie account. As Australians travel time faster than those in North and South America, Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, we will leave it up to them to deliver some short clips, previews, reviews and happy face pictures as their Sims manage to nab the right one in the pub or at the library.

Develop complex relationships with other Sims as you fall in love, make friends or rebel against the neighborhood

If you have followed EA’s great releases on the iPhone platform, you are probably firing your rockets now in anticipation. I know I am. I bought, played, loved and finished Need for Speed and am still tinkering with the very well done SimCity. Sims3 is sure to be a hit.